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EXPORT AND CURRENCY CONTROL

General. Certain goods may only be exported from Hong Kong under and in accordance with a licence issued by the Commerce and Industry Department to which Department reference should be made in case of doubt. Post Office staff are not in a position to advise whether an export licence is required in respect of a particular article or class of goods; and they should not express any opinion on the subject of export restrictions. In any case of doubt a parcel or packet will be accepted for posting, but such acceptance should not be taken as implying in any way that export licensing and currency control requirements have been satisfactorily met. The responsibility for complying with these requirements rests with the sender.

All goods of a value exceeding HK$400, originating in the following countries, need to be covered by a valid export licence:-Bolivia, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Japan, and former Japanese Pacific Isles under U.S.A. trusteeship or U.S. Military Administration, Liberia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Philippines, Salvador, U.S.A. and dependencies, Venezuela.

Goods originating in other countries, if exceeding HK$400 in value, require to be covered by an export licence when addressed to destinations other than China, Macau, Taiwan or the Scheduled Territories.

Bank notes, currency notes, etc. Bank and currency notes, etc. must not be sent out of the Colony by private individuals. Firms wishing to export bank notes should consult the Exchange Control Office, Hong Kong. In all cases a licence is required.

Postal Orders. Postal orders must not be sent outside the scheduled territories. British postal orders are not paid in all countries within the scheduled territories, those countries which do pay them are indicated in the section of this guide which deals with Money Orders and Postal Orders.

Postage stamps of philatelic interest and similar articles. Permission of Exchange Controller is necessary for the exportation of such items of $600 or more in total value.

The Scheduled Territories comprise the British Commonwealth (except Canada), British Trust Territories, British Protectorates and Protected States, Burma, Iceland, Jordan, Kuwait, the Irish Republic, the Republic of South Africa and the United Kingdom of Libya.

IMPORT LICENCES

Certain goods require the production of an import licence before delivery can be effected, all inquiries in this matter should be directed to the Import Licensing Officer, Commerce and Industry Department.

Dangerous Drugs will not be delivered until such a time as the addressee produces a form "C" (Import Authorization) issued by the Medical Department.